W. Traub

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

W. Traub is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Traub has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Biomaterials, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in W. Traub's work include Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (23 papers), Bone and Dental Protein Studies (11 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers). W. Traub is often cited by papers focused on Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (23 papers), Bone and Dental Protein Studies (11 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (10 papers). W. Traub collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. W. Traub's co-authors include Stephen Weiner, Steve Weiner, Karl A. Piez, Ada Yonath, T. Arad, H. Daniel Wagner, U. Shmueli, Talmon Arad, Mario Suwalsky and Ilana Sabanay and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

W. Traub

68 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

The Chemistry and Structure of Collagen 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Chemistry and Structure of Collagen
    1971 450 citations W. Traub, Karl A. Piez Advances in protein chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W. Traub Israel 39 2.5k 1.7k 1.5k 775 678 68 5.3k
E. D. Eanes United States 47 1.8k 0.7× 2.7k 1.6× 2.3k 1.5× 542 0.7× 1.1k 1.7× 118 8.2k
David H. Kohn United States 41 1.1k 0.4× 1.8k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.0k 1.3× 358 0.5× 193 5.5k
Arthur Veis United States 62 4.9k 2.0× 2.9k 1.7× 4.0k 2.6× 448 0.6× 4.6k 6.8× 248 13.9k
Christine Ortiz United States 49 2.0k 0.8× 2.3k 1.3× 340 0.2× 352 0.5× 725 1.1× 113 6.7k
Wolfgang Wagermaier Germany 41 1.6k 0.6× 2.3k 1.3× 748 0.5× 1.2k 1.6× 413 0.6× 104 5.3k
Marie‐Madeleine Giraud‐Guille France 31 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 400 0.3× 432 0.6× 360 0.5× 49 3.5k
Richard Weinkamer Germany 34 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 1.1× 783 0.5× 1.3k 1.6× 213 0.3× 97 5.3k
Himadri S. Gupta United Kingdom 36 2.3k 0.9× 2.9k 1.7× 584 0.4× 1.7k 2.1× 432 0.6× 88 5.8k
Karl A. Piez United States 61 4.7k 1.9× 1.2k 0.7× 5.0k 3.2× 649 0.8× 2.2k 3.2× 114 13.3k
Oskar Paris Austria 52 2.0k 0.8× 2.6k 1.5× 397 0.3× 531 0.7× 296 0.4× 166 8.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Traub

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Traub

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. Traub. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. Traub based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with W. Traub. W. Traub is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weiner, Steve, W. Traub, & H. Daniel Wagner. (1999). Lamellar Bone: Structure–Function Relations. Journal of Structural Biology. 126(3). 241–255. 498 indexed citations
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Zylberberg, Louise, et al.. (1998). Rostrum of a toothed whale: ultrastructural study of a very dense bone. Bone. 23(3). 241–247. 49 indexed citations
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Weiner, Steve, T. Arad, Ilana Sabanay, & W. Traub. (1997). Rotated plywood structure of primary lamellar bone in the rat: Orientations of the collagen fibril arrays. Bone. 20(6). 509–514. 163 indexed citations
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Sabanay, Ilana, et al.. (1996). Transitional structures in lamellar bone. Microscopy Research and Technique. 33(2). 203–213. 2 indexed citations
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Sabanay, Ilana, et al.. (1996). Transitional structures in lamellar bone. Microscopy Research and Technique. 33(2). 203–213. 45 indexed citations
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Traub, W., Talmon Arad, U. Vetter, & Steve Weiner. (1994). Ultrastructural studies of bones from patients with osteogenesis imperfecta. Matrix Biology. 14(4). 337–345. 63 indexed citations
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Traub, W., et al.. (1992). Dentin Phosphophoryn Binding to Collagen Fibrils. Matrix. 12(3). 197–201. 75 indexed citations
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Weiner, Stephen & W. Traub. (1989). Crystal Size and Organization in Bone. Connective Tissue Research. 21(1-4). 259–265. 79 indexed citations
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Weiner, Stephen & W. Traub. (1986). Organization of hydroxyapatite crystals within collagen fibrils. FEBS Letters. 206(2). 262–266. 235 indexed citations
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Lowenstam, H. A., W. Traub, & Stephen Weiner. (1984). Nautilus hard parts: a study of the mineral and organic constitutents. Paleobiology. 10(2). 268–279. 33 indexed citations
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Weiner, Stephen, et al.. (1980). Dead Sea Scroll parchments: unfolding of the collagen molecules and racemization of aspartic acid. Nature. 287(5785). 820–823. 51 indexed citations
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Veis, Arthur, Andrew Miller, S. Joseph Leibovich, & W. Traub. (1979). The limiting collagen microfibril The minimum structure demonstrating native axial periodicity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure. 576(1). 88–98. 21 indexed citations
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Traub, W.. (1978). Molecular assembly in collagen. FEBS Letters. 92(1). 114–120. 22 indexed citations
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Traub, W. & Karl A. Piez. (1971). The Chemistry and Structure of Collagen. Advances in protein chemistry. 25. 243–352. 450 indexed citations breakdown →
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Doyle, Barbara, W. Traub, Gian Paolo Lorenzi, Frank R. Brown, & Elkan Blout. (1970). Synthesis and structural investigation of poly(l-alanyl-l-alanyl-glycine). Journal of Molecular Biology. 51(1). 47–59. 45 indexed citations
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Suwalsky, Mario, W. Traub, U. Shmueli, & Juan A. Subirana. (1969). An X-ray study of the interaction of DNA with spermine. Journal of Molecular Biology. 42(2). 363–373. 119 indexed citations
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Shmueli, U. & W. Traub. (1965). An X-ray diffraction study of poly-L-lysine hydrochloride. Journal of Molecular Biology. 12(1). 205–IN20. 59 indexed citations
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Traub, W.. (1959). Possible Biochemical Implications of the Crystal Structure of Biotin. Science. 129(3343). 210–210. 26 indexed citations

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